The Koh-i-Noor diamond is a 105.6-carat gemstone that has long been one of the most iconic jewels in history with numerous ...

In 139 BCE, shortly after coming to the throne, Emperor Wu dispatched the diplomat ... known as the Hexi corridor that connected the Yellow River basin to the Gobi Desert. Han China thereby ...

By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been decisively ... Within a month, the disaster cost Napoleon his throne. Walking the battlefield today, it’s all too easy to understand ...

From Snyder’s On Tyranny to modern authoritarian trends, historians explore the critical lessons from the 20th century shaping today’s global struggles for democracy, free speech, and civil liberties.

As Elton John celebrates his birthday, go inside his 'Yellow Palace' mansion ... the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako is legally forbidden from inheriting the Crysanthemum Throne ...

On the eastern bounds of Islam, Gondeshapur in Persia had become a center for Greek medicine and learning after scholars migrated there in A.D. 529, following the decision of the emperor Justinian ...

A painted relief on a column inside the hall features an oval cartouche containing the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian (reigned ... Khnum seated on a throne at the bottom of which is a ram ...

The one downside is we don't get the classic yellow suits, but we can live with ... She plans to poison him and take the throne for herself. Unfortunately, she has a rather unfortunate taste ...

Direct sunlight pierces a narrow aperture, bathing the figure in what seems like a divine aura; a halo painted vibrant blue, green, red and yellow encircles ... the bejeweled throne is crowded ...

1644: 200 members of the Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor. 1799: Joseph Haydn’s “Die ... His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne. 1831: In the first US bank ...